A Clearing in the Jungle

S01 E01 • Tuesday, May 19, 1970 • May 19

The Panare of Venezuala still live the same way of live they have always known, and refuse to accept outside influences. There are no laws, and everyone is equal. But how long can they survive the onslaught of the developed world?

The Last of the Cuiva

S01 E02 • Tuesday, Jun 8, 1971 • Jun 8

There are only 600 Cuiva, a group of nomadic hunters left in Columbia, with perhaps another 400 across the border in Venezuela. They once roamed the plains, but now are restricted to a small strip of land.

Embera: The End of the Road

S01 E03 • Tuesday, Jun 15, 1971 • Jun 15

There are around 10,000 Embura river people living in Colombia, but the government are about to drive the last of the Pan-American highway right through their territory. They also face constant threat from descendants of former Negro slaves

War of the Gods

S01 E04 • Tuesday, Jun 22, 1971 • Jun 22

Protestants and Catholics compete to enforce their religion on the traditional Maku and Barasana people of the forests of Colombia.

The Tuareg

S01 E05 • Tuesday, Apr 18, 1972 • Apr 18

The Tuareg live in the Sahara dessert at the foot of the mountains of Algeria. After a couple of invasive visits by white troops, very few remain living the traditional life of status veils and tea drinking.

The Meo

S01 E06 • Tuesday, Jul 4, 1972 • Jul 4

Originally Aborigines in North and Central China, the 250 000 remaining Meo have been forced southwards, and now live in villages around Southern China and South East Asia.

Kataragama: A God for all Seasons

S01 E07 • Tuesday, Nov 20, 1973 • Nov 20

At the shrine of the god Kataragama in the jungle of Ceylon, there is a festival of payment for help received. This film focuses on one family who need his help to find their missing 11-year old son.

Dervishes of Kurdistan

S01 E08 • Tuesday, Nov 27, 1973 • Nov 27

The Dervishes are a group of Kurds, a people who have no homeland, who are being allowed to live in Iran.

The Mursi

S01 E09 • Wednesday, Nov 13, 1974 • Nov 13

The Mursi are a tribe in Ethiopia who, when not worshipping Allah, are at constant war with their neighbours, the Bodi.

Mehinacu

S01 E10 • Wednesday, Nov 20, 1974 • Nov 20

In the Shinghu National Park in Central Brazil live the 70-strong Mehinacu, a tribe in which men and women have distinctly different roles, almost like two communities sharing the same land.

Masai Women

S01 E11 • Wednesday, Nov 27, 1974 • Nov 27

The Masai live along the Rift Valley near the Kenya-Tanzania border. They keep large amounts of cattle, for whom they have great respect, and the men have many wives, who they also see as a form of wealth.

Quechua

S01 E12 • Wednesday, Dec 4, 1974 • Dec 4

High up in the Andes of Peru, live the Quechua, who breathe the thin air and grow potatoes far away from the rest of the world.

Ongka's Big Moka - The Kawelka of Papua New Guinea

S01 E13 • Wednesday, Dec 11, 1974 • Dec 11

The influential leader of New Guinea's Kawelka tribe spends five years amassing an abundance of valuable items including 600 pigs and a motorbike only to give them away in a festive ceremony called the Moka.

The Sakuddei

S01 E14 • Wednesday, Dec 18, 1974 • Dec 18

The Sakuddei are a small clan of traditional people living in the rain-forests of Siberut in The Mentawai Islands off the west coast of the mainland of Sumatra. But modernized Indonesians want to inflict their culture and religion upon them.

Masai Manhood

S01 E15 • Tuesday, Apr 8, 1975 • Apr 8

In east Africa, across the borders of Kenya and Tanzania is Loita, where we now follow the Masai men during their ritual in preparation for mandatory moranhood, which means serving as a warrior.

The Kirghiz

S01 E16 • Monday, Dec 29, 1975 • Dec 29

The Shilluk

S01 E17 • Monday, Jan 5, 1976 • Jan 5

Eskimos of Pond Inlet - The People's Land

S01 E18 • Monday, Jan 12, 1976 • Jan 12

Some Women of Marrakesh

S01 E19 • Wednesday, Jan 26, 1977 • Jan 26

The Rendille

S01 E20 • Wednesday, Feb 23, 1977 • Feb 23

Sherpas

S01 E21 • Wednesday, Apr 13, 1977 • Apr 13

Umbanda

S01 E22 • Wednesday, Nov 23, 1977 • Nov 23

The Pathans

S01 E23 • Wednesday, Feb 20, 1980 • Feb 20

Witchcraft among the Azande

S01 E24 • Tuesday, Mar 9, 1982 • Mar 9

Presents the role of witchcraft among the Azande in spite of their acceptance of Christianity. Focuses on its usage in adjudicating disputes, curing illness, assuring success in the hunt, and purification of the newborn.

Asante Market Women

S01 E25 • Tuesday, Mar 16, 1982 • Mar 16

Examines the matrilineal and polygamous Asante society of Ghana through interviews with women, who exercise complete authority in the wholesale produce market, and with their husbands and children.

The Kwegu

S01 E26 • Tuesday, Mar 23, 1982 • Mar 23

Inside China: Living with the Revolution

S01 E27 • Wednesday, Apr 27, 1983 • Apr 27

Inside China: The Newest Revolution

S01 E28 • Wednesday, May 4, 1983 • May 4

Inside China: The Kazakhs of China

S01 E29 • Wednesday, May 18, 1983 • May 18

The Migrants

S01 E30 • Monday, Oct 14, 1985 • Oct 14

The Kayapo

S01 E31 • Wednesday, Jun 3, 1987 • Jun 3

Documents life among the Kayapo Indians of central Brazil, a fiercely independent tribe, who were forced to become "businessmen" or see their traditional way of life destroyed.

The Basques of Santazi

S01 E32 • Wednesday, Jun 10, 1987 • Jun 10

The Lau of Malaita

S01 E33 • Monday, Jun 15, 1987 • Jun 15

The Whalehunters of Lamalera

S01 E34 • Wednesday, Jul 13, 1988 • Jul 13

Across the Tracks: Vlach Gypsies in Hungary

S01 E35 • Wednesday, Jul 20, 1988 • Jul 20

The Wodaabe

S01 E36 • Wednesday, Jul 27, 1988 • Jul 27

The Kayapo: Out of the Forest

S01 E37 • Tuesday, Jun 13, 1989 • Jun 13

Documents the opposition of the Kayapo Indians of central Brazil to the construction of a hydroelectric dam at Altamira.

Villagers of the Sierra De Gredos

S01 E38 • Tuesday, Jun 20, 1989 • Jun 20

The Herders of Mongun-Taiga

S01 E39 • Tuesday, Jun 27, 1989 • Jun 27

The Mende

S01 E40 • Wednesday, Jul 18, 1990 • Jul 18

Trobriand Islanders of Papua New Guinea

S01 E41 • Wednesday, Jul 25, 1990 • Jul 25

A description of a village on Kiriwina Island, in the Trobriand Group, including their yam cult, fishing, life, traditions and, especially, the position of women in Trobriand society.

The Kalasha: Rites of Spring

S01 E42 • Wednesday, Aug 1, 1990 • Aug 1

The Mursi - The Land Is Bad

S01 E43 • Wednesday, Jul 17, 1991 • Jul 17

The Mursi - Nitha

S01 E44 • Wednesday, Jul 24, 1991 • Jul 24

The Albanians of Rrogam

S01 E45 • Wednesday, Jul 31, 1991 • Jul 31

Cakchiquel Maya of San Antonio Palopo

S01 E46 • Wednesday, Aug 7, 1991 • Aug 7

War: We Are All Neighbours

S01 E47 • Tuesday, May 11, 1993 • May 11

In a Muslim/Catholic village near Sarajevo, rumors fly and suspicions spread. When Catholic Croats assert control, Muslim businesses are attacked, villagers arrested and harassed, and homes threatened.

War: Orphans of Passage - Sudan

S01 E48 • Tuesday, May 18, 1993 • May 18

War: The Longest Struggle

S01 E49 • Tuesday, May 25, 1993 • May 25